TSIKATA vs. THE REPUBLIC [2003]DLCA1050

Date	2003-11-27
Suit No.
Citation No.	[2003]DLCA1050

LARTEY JA

FARKYE JA

AMONOO-MONNEY JA

PROF E V O DANKWA (WITH HIM MAJOR (RTD) R S AGBENOTO) FOR THE APPELLANT.

OSAFO SAMPONG DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC PROSECUTIONS (WITH HIM AUGUSTINE OBOUR ASSISTANT STATE ATTORNEY) FOR THE REPUBLIC.

[2003]DLCA1050
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color:#00B0F0">THE REPUBLIC<o:p></o:p>[COURT
OF APPEAL, ACCRA]<o:p></o:p>[2003-2005]
1 GLR 296<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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</div>COUNSEL:<o:p></o:p>PROF
E V O DANKWA (WITH HIM MAJOR (RTD) R S AGBENOTO) FOR THE APPELLANT.<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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OSAFO
SAMPONG, DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC PROSECUTIONS (WITH HIM AUGUSTINE OBOUR, ASSISTANT
STATE ATTORNEY) FOR THE REPUBLIC. <o:p></o:p>

LARTEY,
FARKYE AND AMONOO-MONNEY JJA<o:p></o:p>

</div>JUDGEMENT<o:p></o:p>Amonoo-Monney JA
delivered the judgment of the court at the invitation of Lartey JA. The
appellant was arraigned before the High Court (Fast Track) on 9 October 2002 on
three counts of wilfully causing financial loss to the State, contrary to
section 179A (3)(a) of the Criminal Code, 1960 (Act 29), and a fourth count of
intentionally misapplying public property, contrary to section 1(2) of the
Public Property Protection Decree, 1977 (SMCD 140). He pleaded not guilty to
the charges, and at the end of the case for the prosecution his counsel made a
submission of no case to answer, to which counsel for the Republic replied and
on 28 March 2003 the trial High Court overruled the submission of no case to
answer and accordingly called upon the appellant to enter into his defence.<o:p></o:p>It
is from this ruling that the appellant has appealed to this court on the
following eighteen grounds of appeal:<o:p></o:p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:5.0pt;
margin-left:.5in;text-align:justify;mso-pagination:none;border:none;mso-padding-alt:
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the trial judge erred in law in overruling the submission of no case made by
counsel for the accused without providing reasons why this was legally proper; <o:p></o:p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:5.0pt;
margin-left:.5in;text-align:justify;mso-pagination:none;border:none;mso-padding-alt:
31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt;mso-border-shadow:yes">(ii)
the trial judge erred in law in believing that she did not have to give reasons
for her ruling; <o:p></o:p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:5.0pt;
margin-left:.5in;text-align:justify;mso-pagination:none;border:none;mso-padding-alt:
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the trial judge erred in law in disregarding pertinent legal and constitutional
issues raised before her and coming to her conclusion without a judicial
consideration of those issues; <o:p></o:p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:5.0pt;
margin-left:.5in;text-align:justify;mso-pagination:none;border:none;mso-padding-alt:
31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt;mso-border-shadow:yes">(iv)
the trial judge erred in law in disregarding both binding and persuasive
precedents on the responsibility of the judge upon submission of no case; <o:p></o:p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:5.0pt;
margin-left:.5in;text-align:justify;mso-pagination:none;border:none;mso-padding-alt:
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the trial judge erred in law in respect of the first three counts in not
realising that on the evidence adduced by the prosecution, the payments alleged
to have been authorised and caused to be made by the accused were not made on
the authority or instruction of the accused; <o:p></o:p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:5.0pt;
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the trial judge erred in law in respect of the first three counts in ignoring her
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